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T. R. BAILEY Jr. HYDRANT.

No. 75,344. Patented Mar. 10, 1868.

, iiz'hzesses Inventor '1. R, BAILEY, JR., OF LOGKPORT, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 75,344, dated flfarch 10, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN EYDRANTS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, T. R. BAILEY, Jr., of Lockport, in the county of Niagara, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Hydrant Fire-Plug; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clea.r, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the-accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to anew and improved method of constructing fire-plugs or hydrants; and the invention consists in operating a cylinder-valve in a suitable case, and in the arrangement and combination of parts connected therewith, as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 represents a. longitudinal central section of the hydrant, showing the parts of which it is composed, and the manner of theirarrangement.

Figure 2'is a cross-section of fig. 1, through the line a: :0.

Similar letters of. reference indicate correspondingparts.

A represents the hydrant-tube, from which the water is discharged. B is the horizontal section, which is connected with thewater -..main, and which forms the valve-chamber. C-is a. loose casing around the hydranttube, for protecting the tube from dirt, the. D is the cylinder-valve, which has its seat at its lower end, on elastic or leathcrpacking, secured in a groove, as seen in the drawing at a. E is a rod, having a screw-thread on its upper end, by which the valve is operated. F is a sleeve-nut, which engages with the screw on the rod, raising and lowering it as the nut is turned. This nut is turned by a wrench on the head G. The sleeve-nut is secured in-the cap of the hydrant by a collar and packing under the hollow-cylinder stalling-box H, as seen in the drawing. dis a yoke, which is attached to the rod E by a. set-screw, and which is secured in the tube A, and prevented from turning, as it moves up and down, by projecting lugs, as seen in fig. 2; and it will be seen that the. arrangement is such that the rod and valve may be raised and lowered without being rotated. This secures a uniform and perfect bearing of the valve on its seat, the packing a remaining undisturbed.

Provision is made for the discharge of the waste-water by an orifice beneath the valve D, markedf, which orifice is opened and closed by a valve marked g, as seen in the drawing. h is a wing on the top of thisvalve.

As the cylinder-valve D descends, the annular flange i on its inside strikes the wing 71., and raises the valve, as seen in the drawing, thus allowing any water which may remain in the hydrant to escape through the orifice f and aperture k.

It will thus be seen that no water will be left in the hydrant to freeze in cold weather.

The tube A is secured to the horizontal section B by a ring-nut, m, which contains recesses for packingrings around; the valve, as seen at net. Packing around the valve is also securediby another ring-nut, o, and also under'tho end of the tube A, as seen in the drawing. I

P represents the discharge-pipe, with a screw for the attachment of the hose, and a cap-piece for covering the pipe when the hydrant is not in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A hydrant or water-plug, constructed substantially as shown and described, that is to say, with the parts A and B connected together as shown, and with a cylinder-valve and a waste-water valve'connccted and operated in combination, substantially as herein specified.

' 2. The arrangement of the parts A B, valve D, case C, and stufling-box H, as herein described, for the purpose specified.

T. R. BAILEY, JR. Witnesses:

G120. W. Psnamo, L. H. HILL. 

